diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
index e52fc6064d..c5741ea6e0 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
@@ -3121,6 +3121,11 @@ ostree_sysroot_stage_tree_with_options (OstreeSysroot     *self,
     g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "overlay-initrds",
                            g_variant_new_strv ((const char *const*)opts->overlay_initrds, -1));
 
+  /* Proxy across any flags */
+  if (opts && opts->finalization_flags)
+    g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "write-deployment-flags",
+                           g_variant_new_uint32 ((guint32)opts->finalization_flags));
+
   const char *parent = dirname (strdupa (_OSTREE_SYSROOT_RUNSTATE_STAGED));
   if (!glnx_shutil_mkdir_p_at (AT_FDCWD, parent, 0755, cancellable, error))
     return FALSE;
@@ -3240,14 +3245,15 @@ _ostree_sysroot_finalize_staged (OstreeSysroot *self,
   staged->staged = FALSE;
   g_ptr_array_remove_index (self->deployments, 0);
 
-  /* TODO: Proxy across flags too?
-   *
-   * But note that we always use NO_CLEAN to avoid adding more latency at
+  OstreeSysrootSimpleWriteDeploymentFlags flags = 0;
+  g_variant_lookup (self->staged_deployment_data, "write-deployment-flags", "u", &flags);
+  /*
+   * Note that we always use NO_CLEAN to avoid adding more latency at
    * shutdown, and also because e.g. rpm-ostree wants to own the cleanup
    * process.
    */
-  OstreeSysrootSimpleWriteDeploymentFlags flags =
-    OSTREE_SYSROOT_SIMPLE_WRITE_DEPLOYMENT_FLAGS_NO_CLEAN;
+  flags |= OSTREE_SYSROOT_SIMPLE_WRITE_DEPLOYMENT_FLAGS_NO_CLEAN;
+
   if (!ostree_sysroot_simple_write_deployment (self, ostree_deployment_get_osname (staged),
                                                staged, merge_deployment, flags,
                                                cancellable, error))
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
index 036b81e8ea..560303e7b4 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
@@ -196,9 +196,13 @@ gboolean ostree_sysroot_stage_overlay_initrd (OstreeSysroot  *self,
                                               GCancellable   *cancellable,
                                               GError        **error);
 
+/**
+ * finalization_flags: only used in the staging path
+ */
 typedef struct {
   gboolean unused_bools[8];
-  int unused_ints[8];
+  int unused_ints[7];
+  int finalization_flags;
   char **override_kernel_argv;
   char **overlay_initrds;
   gpointer unused_ptrs[6];